The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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